About Churchill Brothers FC Goa

Churchill Brothers FC Goa, or simply known as Churchill Brothers, is an Indian professional football club based in Margao, Goa,^[2][3] that competes in the I-League,^[4][5] alongside Goa Professional League.^[6][7][8] Founded in 1988 in Margao, the club usually participated in the National Football League,^[9][10] then top tier of Indian football league system.^[11]

The club has won the I-League title twice and has secured a position among the top three teams on nine other occasions in the national league.^[12][13] It has also won eight Goa League Champions Cups, three Durand Cups,^[14][15] and a Federation Cup.^[16][17]

Nicknamed "Red Machine",^[18][19] the club was led for decades by Churchill Alemao, who was also the president of Goa Football Association and the Chief Minister of Goa.^[20] His daughter Valanka Alemao is current CEO of the club.^[21][22] Churchill Brothers emerged as fourth ranked Indian team, and 648 universally, in the international rankings of clubs during the first ten years of the 21st century (2001–2010), issued by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics in 2011.^[23]